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**Chapter 2**

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Although Faith didn't know it, her escape from LA had come at exactly the right point. The city was deluged with rain, destroying any trace of her scent or tracks she had left behind on her way out of the city.

She had jumped the train without any clue where she was headed, but it was definitely a good pick. It headed north, through Oxnard, Santa Barbara, Obispo, San Luis, Salinas, San Jose, and Oakland following the coastline before finally stopping in San Francisco.

Perhaps northern California would bring her better luck than the south had.

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Faith had forced open one of compartments of the train and sat, quite comfortably, surrounded by hay. She could watch, through a crack, the ocean flashing by. It was gorgeous and relaxing.

She'd really done it. She had really left.

Watching the night-blackened countryside flash by, Faith felt at peace. There was barely any sound. The sky was clear, and so many stars could be seen. A warm breeze gently ruffled her hair.

She could hear only the train...Click-clack click-clack click-clack click- clack click-clack click-clack. It soothed her.

As the breeze caressed her, she smelled the ocean. She could finally relax.

She had enough money to eat and live for a while. Life was good. However, eating sounded good. She grabbed a chocolate bar and began to nibble.

The day had been so hectic...getting out of jail...out of LA...away from all her bad memories.

She wasn't going to sit around looking back, if she could help it. She would just look at the future. It had to be better than her past.

Finishing her candybar, she found a comfortable place to lie down. As the train gently shook, she slipped of into a deep, dreamless sleep--the first she'd had since her watcher died at the hands of Kakistos.

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